SALE!

Hey Guys!

I've decided to have a massive clear out and I need to raise funds to go on holiday so I am advertising various items on the app 'Shpock'. I am going to show some of the items below! All of the items come with free UK delivery and any of the prices are open to offers. Any enquires then please contact me :).
Thank you!
Sammie
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What should I do? What would you do?

Hey Guys,

I have been thinking a lot the past months about what I really want to do, what will make me happy in the future. See, I am leaving sixth form in May '15 and I have had lot of pressure about how I 'need' to go to university. Well, I have decided that i'm not ready for university. There is so much more which I need to do and if I don't do it then I feel as if I have missed out a lot. I don't know what I want to do at university so what's the point in doing something which I don't really want to do?

I have decided that I am going to get a job, do things which I want to do including going travelling, spending time with those which I appreciate the most and just have a bit of time with my family. I have a car, i've got the money and I have so many ideas which I want to do. This includes:
- Taking as much photography as possible
- Vloging some of my life to allow me to look back
- To go travelling
- To have an amazing year
- Doing the little things in life that make me happy and appreciate more things

What I am asking you is for ideas of what I could do within this year? Is there anything amazing which you've done? or regret not doing? I would love to hear your ideas!

Much love,
Sammie
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Movember meets PCOS

Hey guys,
As loads of you know about the Movember campaign which is currently running, my best friend has decided to let her facial hair grow for this month in the aid of Verity. She will then let me wax her beard off at the end of the month! So every penny raised is going to a great cause.

Verity is a UK charity which has been set up for women who are affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. PCOS affects around 5-10% of women.

It can cause a variety of things such as:

• Irregular periods
• Difficulties getting pregnant
• Excessive hair growth
• Weight gain
• Thinning hair
• Oily skin or acne

So you may want to know how to donate?

This is the link!

https://www.justgiving.com/teams/pcosmovember

For more information on PCOS visit:

http://www.verity-pcos.org.uk/home

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Polycystic-ovarian-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Lets raise awareness of PCOS!

Sammie!

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Under pressure.

I have only started to notice the amount of pressure which is put on young people. (Yeah.. you could say that i'm a little slow!) The past year I have noticed that I actually need to find out what I want to do with my life/ what I want to make of it. Do I go to university? Do I go straight into work? When choosing my GCSE options and Sixth Form options I decided to only take subjects which I liked but now learning about the subjects I don't think that I could get into a specific career with them.

To be honest, I have never really had an idea on what I want to do and it is getting frustrating as so many others know what they want to do. There is so much pressure on young people and them choosing what they want to do in life. At the age of 14 you need to start making choices which I think is crazy. You're told that if you get bad results then you wont get anywhere which isn't always true. There's a grade on a piece of paper but on the other hand there is a person which you want to be, the goals which you want to achieve. Not long ago I was told that if I don't go to university then I am missing out on a big opportunity. Personally, I don't feel as if I am ready to go to university right now. I don't feel as if it is the right path for me. However, I feel as if I don't go then I am making a massive mistake as only 1 in 6 of the people at my sixth form don't want to go to university.

Right now I haven't got a clue what I am going to do. However, I will always do what I think is right then I have no one else to blame and I would have done what made me happy at the time. I can always go to university in the future if I really want to. As they say ' the world is your oyster'. Do what you want to do, do what makes you happy and do what you enjoy! Don't let anyone stop you from achieving what you want to do as you will regret it in the future.

I'm back!

I haven't forgotten about you guys!

The past 2 months have been crazy, exciting, emotional and slightly stressful. Everything is moving so quickly. Over the next couple of weeks I will explain what's been going on but I will give you a sneak peak now!
I have:
-Started upper sixth
-Met some amazing, new people
-Been on holiday
-Turned 18
-Spent a lot of time with family
-My future

Putting it that way it doesn't sound a lot but time has been going so fast. Its scary!I hope you haven't forgotten about me as I haven't forgot about you lot.
I hope you're all well and hopefully you will enjoy my future, exciting blog posts.
Sammie
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I just need to write this.

Hey guys,

This post is a post which I wanted to write so I would be able to look back on it in the future.

I went to the cinema today to watch The Inbetweeners 2 with Ellie! Such an amazing film and I thought that it was better than the first one. Me and Ellie then decided that we were going to get a bite to eat then go home. We were walking through town and I noticed that a man was sitting in a corner not able to breath properly. There were shop workers standing outside the shop just looking at him, not helping or anything. He did look as if he was less fortunate as he sat there in his ruined clothes and a can of beer. We hanged around for a few minutes and noticed that he was walking away not being able to breath properly. He was seriously gasping for air. A man then started shouting for him. It was his friend. He just kept walking. Being the person I am I decided to talk to his friend to see if he needed any help. I rushed off with the man to help. The man was having a serious asthma attack. He didn’t want to speak to me and he kept telling to go away because he was apparently scaring me when deep down I could see in his eyes that he was petrified. I came down to his level and spoke to him in a very calm manor. I managed to get him to calm down and come back to a normal state.  Him and his friend were very grateful  for what I done for them. They seemed to think I was a nurse until I explained to them that I am a 17 year old student who wants to help people. They couldn't believe it. They kept expressing how much of a nice person I am. I sadly found out that the man had lung cancer. The way they stood up, shook my hand and asked my name made me feel so special.I told them to take care and look after themselves. These two men were such nice people and I am so glad that I helped them. If someone looks like they need help don’t just stand there. Go and ask them if they’re okay. What if it was your daughter, son, mum or dad in that situation and no one helped. How would you feel?

Sammie 
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'Don't let a exam result define your life.'

Hey guys!
I really thought that it was important for me to talk about exam results. Over the past few days lots of students have received their results. There will be some very happy students and some students which are very disappointed.

I really struggled with school, especially around the time of my GCSE exams and I was near to the point of not going to school any more as I hated it so much. However, I decided to keep going to prove to everyone that I could complete school and finally get out of the education system.

Its nearly a year ago that I received my GCSE results and when opening the letter I was really confident that I had received good results as I did work hard and I did try my best. However, when I opened the piece of paper I was very disappointed and I remember the day very clearly, I remember thinking why did I even bother continue going to a place which I hated so much just to get some grades. I had got my hopes up to achieve 6 B'S and 4 C's. I didn't achieve any of my target grades as I received at least a grade under each of my predicted. In the end I worked out that I achieved 6 C's and 4 D's. I came home and I cried for the whole day. I was very disappointed and I felt like I had let my parents and grandparents down. However, luckily I did get the grades to attend the sixth form which I wanted to attend. I decided to take Level 3 Health and Social Care and Level 3 Business. My predicted grades for these subjects were Merits and I seriously didn't think that I would be able to achieve this. However, I worked so hard and kept at it and I smashed my targets which meant that I ended up achieving a Distinction in Business and a Distinction*  in Health and Social Care

What I am trying to say is that you should never, ever let an exam result define your life. If you didn't get the grades you wanted, you will be upset but you should still be determined to achieve your dream job. You can do it! It may take a little longer but that little longer but it will be worth it. If a college turns you down then just take that on the shoulders. You can always apply for other colleges. Show that you are motivated and determined! Prove the colleges that turned you down wrong, show them that they should have taken you. In this day you can achieve your dream job. You just need to be motivated and work hard. GCSE's are important but if you do fail just remember that you can retake them.

YOU can do it! Just remember that 'Hard Work + Dedication + Motivation' is the equation as Dazzle explains.

Sammie
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